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School Wellness Weekly
10.11.19
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Build Healthy Relationships in National Bullying Prevention Month
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The DOE is committed to keeping schools safe, supportive, and free from discrimination. To build on this work in your school, use
National Bullying Prevention Month
as a time to focus on key health education lessons and to explore the
DOE’s
Respect for All
program (DOE log-in required).
Teaching students how to build healthy relationships and how to be allies and upstanders is part of comprehensive Health Education required in grades K-12. Use the Social, Emotional, and Mental Health unit in the
K-5,
Grades 6-8, and
Grades 9-12 Health Education Scope and Sequences to help students build skills around respecting differences in others, identifying feelings and managing challenging emotions, communicating effectively, and more.
Respect for All promotes a community of inclusion and a school environment that is free from harassment, intimidation, bullying, and discrimination. Here are two opportunities to engage your school community this month:
- Encourage students to enter the DOE’s Respect for All essay and poster contest. Each school may choose one essay and one poster to submit to their superintendent by 11/8. This year’s essay theme is “From Bystanders to Allies;” the poster theme is “Friends Do Make a Difference.”
- Participate in Know Your Classmates Day on 10/25, where students explore their unique identities while learning how to accept and appreciate unique differences in others. Activity kits are available to the first 1,000 schools to register for this nationwide initiative.
Photo: A PE class at New Design Middle School in Manhattan engages in a trust exercise. Photo credit:
Krisanne Johnson
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Save the Date: Election Day Professional Learning
Our annual Think-Move-Achieve Conference for Physical and Health Educators will take place Citywide on Election Day,
Tuesday, 11/5, with sites in all five boroughs. Registration information and links are coming soon!
Health educators: Advance registration is available for our full-day sessions from 8:30 a.m.–2:50 p.m. on 11/5 at Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus in Manhattan:
School Wellness Council Grant: Still Time to Apply
Apply for a School Wellness Council Grant via the online
Wellness Council Manager
(log in with your DOE ID; non-DOE staff can create a free account). Grants provide funding, technical assistance, professional learning and networking opportunities, and other resources. Schools new to the grant program can apply for a $2,500 implementation grant. Past recipients can apply for a $1,000 continuation grant. Apply by
Thursday, 10/17, at 4 p.m
. Questions? Email
wellnesscouncil@schools.nyc.gov
.
On Twitter?
Retweet the opportunity.
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Students stretch at Cornerstone Academy for Social Action Middle School in the Bronx. Photo credit: Krisanne Johnson
Join This Year's First PE Professional Learning Community Meetings
on Oct. 21
- Oct. 22: Secondary PE Basics I: Planning to Incorporate Fitness and Assessment: Grades 6-12 physical education teachers, sign up for this session in Queens.
- Oct. 29: Elementary PE Basics I: Planning to Incorporate Fitness and Assessment: Grades K-5 physical education teachers, sign up for this session in Queens.
- Nov. 1: Make It Work: Mastering PE in Creative Spaces for Elementary Physical Education: Grades K-5 or K-8 physical education teachers in nontraditional settings, sign up for this session in the Bronx.
- Nov. 1: Strong and Fit: Grades 6-12 physical education teachers, sign up for this session in the Bronx.
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- Oct. 23: High School Health Education Basics I: Comprehensive Skills-Based Health Education: Co-hosted with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s NYC Teens Connection. Grades 9-12 health education teachers, sign up for this session in Brooklyn.
- Nov. 1: Middle School Health Education Basics II: Comprehensive Sexual Health Education: Grades 6-8 health education teachers, sign up for this session in Brooklyn.
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Building the Wellness Community
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Free and Low-Cost After-School Opportunities: See
Growing Up NYC
Growing Up NYC lists new after-school programs for youth of all ages every week in its
after-school guide
. Offerings include sports, arts, academic support, programs for youth with disabilities, as well as jobs and internships for teens and young adults.
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It’s as Easy as... Riding a Bike!
The Office of School Wellness Programs is partnering with
Bike New York
to provide free
bike education field trips
for middle and high school students (10 years old and up) through 11/15. Students learn how to ride a bike for the first time;
those who know how to ride get basic bike handling and safety skills.
Request a free
bike safety student assembly
for grades K-12 students to learn safe cycling, bike handling skills, and the rules of the road.
Email
Nitasha Sharma with questions
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Photo: Bike New York event. Photo credit: Samantha Dorfler
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Office of School Health Corner: Mental Health
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World Mental Health Day, observed on October 10 every year, seeks to raise awareness and mobilize efforts that support mental health. One in five children struggle with their mental health at some point in their life. The Office of School Health’s School Mental Health Program provides various
mental health resources
and programs to meet the behavioral health needs of our school communities. Counseling, crisis support, interventions, and other community services are just some of the programs that can be featured in schools to help ensure that students thrive and are feeling healthy both in and outside of the classroom. Review
services offered at each school;
if you are interested or have questions, speak to the parent coordinator, school social worker, or guidance counselor for more information.
Having trouble coping and need someone to talk to? NYC WELL is a confidential and free service that provides mental health support. To get in touch with a professional today, you can text “WELL” to 65173, call 1-888-NYC-WELL, or chat with a counselor
here
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